I've just come off my 1-7pm watch I'm tired and full of the tuna that Paul caught this afternoon. A bubble bath would be heaven right now but a couple hours of kip before my 3am start is also gunna be sweet. The last 4-5 days at sea have been eventful and full of many firsts. I had my first Thanksgiving the day we set sail from Lanzarote, which was cool, everyone made their own contribution in the form of some pie or another there was a serious galley rotation going on all day! As it was the first day back at sea and it was kinda rolly I unfortunately felt a bit sick, but luckily the feasting goes on for days and we've only just stopped enjoying turkey soup! As it is such a big family day in America I was aware that most people were thinking about their home and families, it made me think about how much I'm looking forward to being with all my family this Christmas.
    Everyday I'm learning more and more about celestial navigation. At first it gave me a real headache as I haven't had to do any math since I was 15 and I've generally avoided it ever since. To find our location from the sun, or stars involves a lot of calculations and looking up various errors and variations in tables and graphs. I've actually surprised myself in how much satisfaction I'm getting from calculating our Local Apparent Noon or plotting a sun sight and understanding them in terms of the bigger picture.
    Saw an owl at sea yesterday! It was really weird as it was circling the boat and we were trying to work out what kind of bird it was and I was like it looks like an owl, but it can't be because as it is so skinny, but it was. Poor guy, he must have been soooo hungry as there sure aren't any mice out at sea. It's sad because he will die pretty soon as we are so far off land and he was so beautiful. He stopped on the head rig for a little while for a rest but was quickly off again. I also saw about 100-200 fish leap out of the water all at once as well today, no lie, it was crazy! The Captain said they must been being chased by something pretty big and that she had never seen anything like it before. It's great how although we are living such monotonous routines everyday, new stuff happens or we find something different to amuse ourselves with whether its making up death poems at midnight or dressing up as news reporters or as if we were in the middle of the tropics when its raining. I think its probably difficult to grasp when you're reading this from the comforts onshore, but the closer we come to our final destination and the end of the trip the more I realize I'm going to miss life at sea.
 

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